And I’d give up forever to touch you1
‘Cause I know that you feel me somehow2
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be3
And I don’t want to go home right now4

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life5
‘Cause sooner or later it’s over
I just don’t want to miss you tonight6

And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand7
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am8

And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies9
When everything feels like the movies10
Yeah you bleed just to know you’re alive11

And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am12
I just want you to know who I am

Explained Lyrics

Sawyer Fredericks opens “Iris” by describing his deep obsession with a girl.

“I know that you feel me somehow” means that Sawyer Fredericks believes his feelings of love toward this girl to be shared by her.

“Closest to heaven that I’ll ever be” means that Sawyer Fredericks is incredibly serious about this girl. He wants to enjoy the deepest and most passionate side of her that he can.

“I don’t want to go home right now” means “I don’t want to be anywhere away from you.”

Sawyer Fredericks sings these lines about not paying any mind to anything in life besides this girl.

Sawyer Frederick describes himself as fully immersed in the present moment, the opportunity he has to spend with this girl, however brief it may be.

Sawyer Fredericks wants to keep this experience for himself. He doesn’t care how it looks to others.

Sawyer Fredericks feels as though he has only one chance to fully explore the depths of love with this person.

Sawyer Fredericks explains that he knows things aren’t perfect. Nevertheless, he wants to enjoy the moment while he can.

“Feels like the movies” means “feels like you are high in heaven.”

In other words, Sawyer Fredericks keeps reminding himself that he is indeed living on earth and living a normal human life, despite his excessive happiness.

This song “Iris” is a Goo Goo Dolls cover song meant to instill feelings of enjoying the moment into listeners. Sawyer Fredericks performs it to highlight the differences between the moment in which he lives and the long-term reality that is “normal” and “stable.”